Technological Distance among Inventors and Knowledge Creation during Corporate Merger

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  • INUZUKA Atsushi
    Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

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  • 企業合併時における発明者間の技術距離と知の創出
  • キギョウ ガッペイジ ニ オケル ハツメイシャ カン ノ ギジュツ キョリ ト チ ノ ソウシュツ

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<p>The aim of this paper is to answer how the relationship between inventors should be for knowledge creation from a view of technological distance. The author investigated a case of corporate merger in domestic chemical industry and used the firm’s patents issued before and after the merger to find effective conditions to occur co-inventions within and between the firms. The analysis showed that under the within-the-firm condition, the shorter the technological distance among inventors, the higher the inventive productivity was. In contrast, longer technological distance was advantageous to inventive novelty. Also, the analysis under the between-the-firm condition revealed the importance of making moderate technological distance for inventive novelty. From the facts, the author pointed out the possibility that effective management for knowledge creation depends on whether inventions occur within an organization or between organizations.</p>

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